The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography is an indispensable overview of the field. Unparalleled in scope and offering both historical and contemporary perspectives, this volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography is an indispensable overview of the field. Unparalleled in scope and offering both historical and contemporary perspectives, this volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x 1 Introduction 1John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan Part I Foundations 9 2 Where Geography Came From 11Peter Burke for David Lowenthal 3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450 1850 23Robert J. Mayhew 4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50Daniel Clayton Part II The Classics 71 5 German Precursors and French Challengers 73Vincent Berdoulay 6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89Ron Johnston 7 Landscape Versus Region Part I 114Nicolas Howe 8 Landscape Versus Region Part II 130Kent Mathewson 9 From Region to Space Part I 146Trevor J. Barnes 10 From Region to Space Part II 161Anssi Paasi Part III Contemporary Approaches 177 11 Nature Part I 179Noel Castree 12 Nature Part II 197Jamie Lorimer 13 Landscape Part I 209Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach 14 Landscape Part II 221Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie 15 Place Part I 235Tim Cresswell 16 Place Part II 245Steven Hoelscher 17 Territory Part I 260Stuart Elden 18 Territory Part II 271Jacques Lévy 19 Globalization Part I 283Richard Florida 20 Globalization Part II 298Emily Gilbert 21 World Cities Part I 313Carolyn Cartier 22 World Cities Part II 325Paul L. Knox 23 Governance Part I 336Wendy Larner 24 Governance Part II 347Stephen Legg 25 Mobility Part I 361David Ley 26 Mobility Part II 373George Revill 27 Scale and Networks Part I 387Andrew E.G. Jonas 28 Scales and Networks Part II 404John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward 29 Class Part I 415Andrew Herod 30 Class Part II 426Clive Barnett 31 Race Part I 440Kay Anderson 32 Race Part II 453Arun Saldanha 33 Sexuality Part I 465Natalie Oswin 34 Sexuality Part II 475Mary E. Thomas 35 Gender Part I 486Michael Landzelius 36 Gender Part II 501Joanne P. Sharp 37 Geopolitics Part I 512Phil Kelly 38 Geopolitics Part II 523Merje Kuus 39 Segregation Part I 534Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks 40 Segregation Part II 547Steve Herbert 41 Development Part I 559Glyn Williams 42 Development Part II 575Wendy Wolford Index 588